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Leners Puma No. 79,423,.datd..1w 30,1268.

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TO ALL-WHOM. IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ARNEL WEEKS, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and-State 'of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Cigars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specieation, and in which- Figure l represents a plan or top view of a machine to which my improvements are applied.

Figure 2 represents a vertical transverse section throughthe same at the line z :e of iig. 1; and

Figure 2, a plan or top view of a. portion of themachine, showing the lower roll:

My invention relates to that class of machines in which the cigars are formed and wrapped by means of revolving rollers; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to apply the binders and wrappers by success- -ive operations of the same machine; and, second-ly, to make.two cigars at one operation; to which ends the invention herein claimed consists in certain novel devices and combinations of mechanism, hereinafter more fully described, for attaining these results. t

In order to carry out theobjects of my invention` I mount the mechanism in a stunt frame, consisting, in4

this instance, of two end-pieces, A, connected by proper cross-bars, and having a table, B, in front ofthe rollers. The cigar is formed between revolving rollers, arranged lengthwise of the frame, parallel to each other, and ofthe form shown in the drawings, that is, swelled'in the middle, und tapering towards each end, by which means two cigars can'be formed at once, as hereinafter explained. I prefer to make th'ese rollers of wood, and to cover them withIndia rubber, gatta pei-cha, or leather. f

. The main or driving-roller C is arranged to revolve close to the inner edge ofthe table, and may-be driven by a crank, c, or by a pulley, c,`on its axis outside the frame, in any proper well-known way.

Revolving heading-dies, D, turn in proper bearings in the end-picces A, and are driven by cords orhands,v

d1, encircling pulleys d on both ends of `the roller C, and pulleys d2 on the dies. By driving ythese dies from the outer side ofthe frame, tho space between the end-pieces, above .the table B, is left unobstructed. The 'dies are cup-shaped internally, in order to round 01T Vthe end of the cigar when placed within tnem..

A second roller, E, is arranged behind the first one, C, and driven by a band, e, from the main roller.

-A third roller, F, lig. 2,'is arranged below and between th'e other two above mentioned, and is driven by the sameband, e, that drivesthe second roller E. The three rollers above mentioned are all mounted in rigid bearings in the frame, so as not to yield' to the pressure when wrapping the cigar. l

A fourth or compressing-roller, G,is mounted in bearings in a frauie, H,"pivoted to vibrate vertically around an axis or shaft, I, at the back of the machine. This roller revolves by frictional 'contact with the rolls merely, and is arranged so as to lie above and between the first and second rollers.

All the rollers have rims,f, on their ends, which revolve in contact with each other. The-'central portions of the rollers are of smaller diameters than these rims, so as to leave a space between them, as shown' iniig. 2. The space thus left is filled at each end by alixed head-block, J, figs. 2 and 3, which prevents the iilling from spreading endwise.

The swing-frame H is vibrated by means of a trea`dle, Ig, rocking on-,a pivot, c, on the periphery of a rockshaft, L, and `connected, by a link-rod,- M, with a crossfbarfh, attached to the swing-frame at a point between its axis of oscillation, I, and the roller G.

The fulcrum-pin works in a slot in the treadle, so-as to play slightly backwards and forwards. The shaft L also has a rocking motion on its axis, and the treadle and link-rod M are connected by a joint, which allows them to play freely vertically: By this means the swing-frame H and roller G cannot only be raised or lowered, ,but can be thrown backfinto the position shown by the-red`lines in iig. 2,' and held there.

I preferV to use belts or cords instead of gearing, as the-latter is noisy, and may be'broken by arryysudden obstruction of its motion, whereas belts are run quietly, and slip when an obstruction stops the machinery.

The 'operation of the machine is as follows: The operator, standing infront of the table B, makes up his filling long enough to form twccigars of thegsize to be'made, places it between the x'ed rollers,.lowers the compressing-roller npon it,.placs the edge of thb binder between the rollers C G, and starts the machine. yThe rotation ofthe rollers compresses and, shapes the -filling' and` simultaneously applies the binding. When the binding has been applied, the operator, without stopping the machine', inserts the edge of the wrapper, which is applied in the same manner as the binder, by the continued rotation of the rollers. Y When the wrappers have been applied, and suilicientlyy smoothed,- the compressing-roller G -is lifted into the position shown iured lines in'ig. 2, by means of the treadle, and the cigar removed. The'operator holding the cigar in the middle, applies .first one end and then the other -to the Irevoliing heading-dies, by which the ends are finished. The cigar is .then cut in-two `in the middie,and is ready for market. f

It will thus be see'mthat I am enabled by my invention to apply the wrapping and binding. by o ne continuous operation of th'e` same machine,'and to make two cigars at once by the use of very simple mechanism.

` I am aware that the use of treadles, movable rollers, and heeding-dies is not new, and do not, therefore, broadly claim any of these devices; but I, am not aware of any machine which combines these devices in the manner claimed by me. l l

Having thus fully described the constructionand operation of my improved machine, what I -claimV therein as. new, and desireto'secnre by Letters Patent, is' l 1. The combination, in n, cigar-machine, of the three peculiarly-formed elastic rollers -C E F, mounted in rigid bearings, and driven by a band, with the similarly-formed elastic compressing-roller G' mounted in th@ vertically-v-ibratng frame H, and rotated' `by frictional contact merely with the other rollers, whereby I am enabled to apply bot-h the binders and wrappers lto two (rigors simnltaneously'l by one continuous operation of the same machine, as set forth. l l

. 2. The combination, substantially as set forth, with'the driving-roller C, of the heading-dies D, arranged at a distance apart greater than the length ef the two finished cigars, whereby one end of each cigar may be finished by its respective die. 3.v The combination of thepeculiarly-shapel rollers,'the anges f, and the interposed xed headblocks J these parts'being arranged, as set forth, for joint operation'. v

' In'testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.A

ARNEL 'WEEKS Witnesses:

Cues. A. HUBD., WM. Coene. 

